The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-15

Fannie Keebler were married at Bris-
tol last Wednesday evening. The
bride has many friends in Washing
ton county who join the COMET in
wishing her future happiness,
Harry Crankshaw arrived in the
city Saturday morning in response to
a telegram from Manager Simcox and
has accepted his old position with the
Johnson City Foundry and Machine
Works. Mr.. Crankshaw is fine ma.
chincst and the company is crowded
with work in all departments,
The young men have organized a
debating society and hold their meet
ings every Friday night in the Y. M
G. A, room. The tariff question was
discussed last Friday night in a very
learned manner. After debate per
manent organization was effected by
electing E, D. Duncan, president; DR.
]. w. Cox, secretary Sam Miller,
treasurer.
Pat DUNCAN, Esq, of Carter county
was in the city Monday and made us
very agreeable call Mr.. DUNCAN is
an enthusiastic railroad man and if
the citizens of Carter county could see
the benefits of this road as he sees
them there would be no trouble about
carrying the proposition on the 3lst
inst. 1t is unnecessary to say that
Squire DUNCAN is right.
Last Saturday morning, in Clinch
Valley, in the northern part of Hawk.
ins county, Gaines Manner shot his
step-son, Jesse Manner. A shot gun
was used. Three balls entered Jesses
body, and the attending physician
pronounces the wounds fatal, One
ball entered the liver. 1t seems that
the difficulty grew out of misunder-
standing in regard to dividing some
rent corn.
Our thanks are due Gen. J. T. Wild
er for copies of an address delivered
by Gov. J. Proctor Knott at the annual
commencement of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Kentucky
at Lexington June 2, 1887, and his
tory of Mitchell county, n. C., its
geological structure, soil climate, vege-
table productions, ores and timber,
with the latest reliable statistics by A.
G. Wetherby.
On Tuesday night, the 9th inst,
Dan Lyle, Jas. Douglass, Tom Gour-
ley, and perhaps others, broke into the
store room Of Col. John Hughs' still
house and captured two 20 gallon
casks and four10 gallon OF corn whisky
The three men mentioned above were
arrested and placed in Jail at Elizabeth.
ton to await trial. About 40 gallons oil
the whisky was found hidden in q field
near by. The whisky stolen was
about three years old and had never
been stamped,
The locating engineering corps un-
, der Capt. Ramsaur, of the 8 C's R. r.
finished the line from Rutherfordton
to this point Thursday. They tapped
the W. N. G. R. R. just east of Marion
Capt Ramsaur is stationed here tenn
porarily waiting orders.--Morion Bu-
gle.
The chief engineer, Col. Matson, in
forms us that Capt. Ramsaur will be
ordered to Johnson City at once to To-
cate the line north of this place. We
hope to be able to announce their ar
rival by the next issue.
Mr.. Platt, road master of the E. T
". & G. r. R., was in the city last
, week making arrangements to have
, the old Aiken house turned into a tick
ct Office and waiting room, 1t is in
tended to be used only temporarily
but will be fixed up comfortably and
separate waiting rooms arranged fol
ladies, gentlemen and colored people
This will be a convenience long need
, ed here. Heretofore passengers have
been at the mercy OF the hotels al
there is no waiting room in the depot
The carpenters have arrived to do the
work,
Last Monday morning Will Adkins
constable of Mitchell county, N. c,
, summoned Cass Phillips to assist hin
and went to the home OF Nathan Gar
land, on Bad Greek to arrest him or
t a charge OF seduction. Garland is ,
desperate character and had notified
; the constable he would kill him ii h
tried to arrest him and accordingly
as soon as he was awakened he grasp
ed his rifle and opening the door FREQ
at the first object he saw. The sho
took effect in Cass Phillips breas
: causing a very serious if not fata
wound. Garland is still at large a
last accounts.